"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
Reggie Smithers wrote:

Skipper wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

Look, the Parker is a fine half-day fishing platform. However,
for the
particular usage contemplated in The Challenge it comes up
short. Take a
closer look at its weight, towing profile and *width* compared
to the
Grady or 2252. If given the choice, which would you prefer to
tow to
remote adventures.
Uh, you're not familiar with the two boats. My Parker has a much,
much
larger cabin area than that Bayliner, with full standing headroom
in the
main cabin, along with running water, a refrigerator, a stove
burner,
and two fans, plus opening side windows, an opening windshield,
and
opening windows and a hatch forward. There's also a full electric
head
up forward. And in the cabin and exterior steering and control
stations.
Plus, my Parker has flat, open cockpit that measures nearly 11' by
about
8.5', big enough to set up a picnic table and chairs. And it has a
full
bimini. Plus there's a full-width motor bracket with ladder.
How nice, but I wouldn't want to tow it any distance. So there we
are.
You've made your points about towing and I've made mine about
towability. Hopefully, the info can be used productively.

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Skipper
Skipper,
I am not sure if my question was posted, but do you have any plans
to visit Gulf of Cortes in the near future?

Well, "Reggie," you just came up a point in my book. You spelled
Cortés properly. The man was Spanish, not Mexican.
Ok, I just have to jump in (I don't have anything better to do at the
moment).
It is the Sea of Cortez (of Cortes, maybe, maybe not) or the Gulf of
California.
I'll, of course, be a little embarrassed if someone actually looks it
up and proves me wrong, but that's what I grew up with and I'm, like
the man says, stickin' to it.
I used to camp at Playa Santispac and I've been to Santa Rosalia. If
anyone isn't daunted by the logistics of getting to the area,
especially you fishermen, it is well worth the visit at least once in
your travels; Bahia del Los Angeles would be a great destination.
Don't worry about the North winds too much, but watch out for the West
winds that come howlin' down off the hills now and then. As much as I
would really enjoy revisiting the area as a boater, it's just too far
for me to tow.

Sigh. Once again, Cortés was Spanish, not Mexican. Therefore his last
name is spelled Cortés, not Cortez. Cortes is the Mexican spelling of
the name, but not the way the man himself spelled it.

But, Harry, the sea, not the man, is called the Sea of Cortez. It
doesn't matter that he was a Spaniard. The Gulf of California is called
the Sea of Cortez. Now I will concede that this spelling is prevalent on
English language maps and documents, and that Spanish language maps and
documents may very well disagree with the spelling. Still, you remind me
of me back in the day when I took my last university English course. One
of the topics we covered was the evolution of language. It was very
upsetting to me, the dumbing down of the language; but I had to concede
that language, whether it was alright with me, or not, does evolve, and
words and their meanings, uses, pronunciations, even spellings, does
change as a result of external pressures. So, whether Senor Cortes was
Spanish or Mexican makes no difference to me; I still have to look up the
Sea of Cortez under the Cortez spelling. By the way, did you really find
my comment on spelling more interesting than my suggestion that boating
in the Gulf of California would be a great idea for anyone interested in
such an endeavor?


I prefer to spell names the way the owner of the name spells it.

Maybe he could not spell? As to his name, it was probably at least 7 or
8 names more.